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Liberals claim vote error favoured Fair Land Tax Party at South Australian election

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Thu 10 Apr 2014, 2:59 PM AEST

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Rob Lucas thinks something went awry at a Brighton booth.

South Australia's Electoral Commission will investigate an alleged error in Upper House vote counting for the recent state election.

The Liberal Party has complained about counting in the Adelaide suburban seat of Brighton.

Opposition frontbencher Rob Lucas says 1,100 Legislative Council votes were allocated to the Fair Land Tax Party at a Brighton booth, while the Liberals only polled 30 votes there.

He thinks an error was made as the Fair Land Tax Party received sharply different outcomes from nearby polling booths in the same electorate.

"If you look at the two neighbouring Brighton booths in that electorate, North Brighton and North Brighton west, the Fair Land Tax Party polled no votes in one booth and one vote in the other booth," he said.

"It's clearly an error that votes that were meant to be recorded for the Liberal Party, 1,100 votes have been given to the wrong party, have been given to the Fair Land Tax Party.

"Clearly 1,100 votes can impact on when a particular candidate drops out of a count, as you would understand it's a complicated process and if a particular candidate or group drops out of the particular stage, it can impact on which particular candidates are elected or not."